Wagon-standard.



PATBNTED SEPT. 25, 1906:

W. W. BRUCE. WAGON STANDARD. APPLICATION rum) APB.3,1906.

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WAGON-STANDARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed April 3,1906. Serial No. 309,680.

To ctLZ whom, 7325 may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM WV. BRUCE, a resident of Bement, in thecounty of Piatt and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in \Vagon- Standards, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a strong and simple metalstandard which may be readily secured firmly to a bolster of a wagon.

The invention is exemplified in the struc ture hereinafter described,and it is defined in the appended claims.

In the drawing forming part of this specification the standard is shownin perspective.

The standard is composed of the vertical plate 1 and the strengtheningrib 2, and it has a base-plate 3. The inner surface of plate 1 has anarrow recess 5 for the securing-bolt S and a wider recess 4 for thehead 7 of the bolt. Straps 9 are secured one to each side of the rib 2of the standard by bolt 11 and to the bolster by bolt 10. A bolt 12extends through the bolster and through a hole in the outer end of thebaseplate 3, and a nut 13 screws on the bolt 12. The base-plate hasshoulders 6 formed on its edges to bear against the straps 9 and stiffenthe connection.

Rings 14 are pivotally attached to rib 2 of the standard, and they areadapted to hold a stake used to lengthen the standard. A housing 14 isformed at the base of the standard to incase the recesses 4 and 5.

The standard is shown at 15. The bolts 8 and 12 secure the standardagainst tilting away from the wagon-box, and the bracestraps effectuallyhold the standard against tilting lengthwise of the boX. The standard ismade of a single casting, except for the brace-straps and thestake-rings, and the attachment to the bolster is effected by the use ofthree bolts.

I claim- 1. A wagon-standard comprising a casting constituting astandard and a base-plate, the inner surface of the casting beingrecessed at its lower end to receive a bolt and b0lthead, and a pair ofbrace-straps attached to the sides of the casting and adapted to embracea bolster, substantially as described.

2. A wagon-standard comprising a casting constituting the angle-ironupright and the fiat base, a housing at the lower end of the castinghaving recesses in its inner face adapted to receive a bolt and abolt-head, shoulders on the edges of the baseplate, and the brace-strapssecured to the sides on the casting and bearing against the shoulders ofthe base-plate.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

WILLIAM w. BRUCE.

WVitnesses ALBERT LAMB, WM. M. CAMP, Jr.

